diff --git a/ext/pcntl/pcntl.c b/ext/pcntl/pcntl.c
index 7a04db4bcc6e0..4eedbc574e5fc 100644
--- a/ext/pcntl/pcntl.c
+++ b/ext/pcntl/pcntl.c
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ static void pcntl_signal_handler(int signo)
 				errno = 0;
 				/* Although Linux specifies that WNOHANG will never result in EINTR, POSIX doesn't say so:
 				 * https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/waitpid.html */
-				pid = waitpid(WAIT_ANY, &status, WNOHANG | WUNTRACED);
+				pid = waitpid(-1, &status, WNOHANG | WUNTRACED);
 			} while (pid <= 0 && errno == EINTR);
 			if (pid <= 0) {
 				if (UNEXPECTED(!psig)) {